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Caroline Flint
Labour MP for Don Valley
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Caroline Flint voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Energy and Climate Change, Communities and Local Government, Treasury, Home Department, Work and Pensions
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Energy, Warm Front Scheme, Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs, Solar Power, Green Deal Scheme
(based on written questions asked by Caroline Flint and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Planning and Energy Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Health Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
- Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Drugs Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Crime (International Co-operation) Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
- Anti-social Behaviour Bill Committee (8 out of 12)
- Education Bill Committee (14 out of 20)
- High Hedges Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Renewable Energy (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the remit of the local energy assessment fund; and if he will make a statement.”
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy: Competition (20 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to the answer of 14 March 2013, Official Report, column 465, on energy market competition, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of low liquidity in the wholesale power market on new market participants entering the energy market.”
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy: Foreign Investment in UK (20 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to the answer of 14 March 2013, Official Report, column 464, on new generating capacity (investment), what evidential basis he used to state that the UK is one of the most attractive places in the world to invest in energy infrastructure.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 296 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 69.72% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 33 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 715 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payment of £75 for completing January-February 2012 survey. Hours: 1 hr. Payment made directly to Don Valley Labour Party, received April 2012. (Registered 14 June 2012)
Payment of £75 for completing February-March 2012 survey. Hours: 1 hr. Payment received 22 May 2012. (Registered 14 June 2012)
Payment of £75 for May-June survey. Hours: 1 hr. Payment received 4 July 2012. (Registered 18 July 2012)
Payment of £75 for July survey. Hours: 1 hr. Payment received 23 August 2012. (Registered 12 September 2012)
Payment of £75 for November-December 2012 survey. Hours: 1 hr. Payment made directly to Don Valley Labour Party, received 14 January 2013. (Registered 22 January 2013)
Payment of £150 from BSkyB for appearance on Murnaghan show, December 2011. Hours: 3 hrs. Payment received 16 May 2012. (Registered 14 June 2012)
4. Sponsorships
(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
(b) Name of donor: Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd
(b) Address of donor: 13 Fitzroy Street London W1T 4BQ United Kingdom
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Policy analysis provided to me as Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, 1 day per week for a period of 6 months, commencing 4 February 2013. Value £7,942.
(b) Date of receipt: 4 February 2013
(b) Date of acceptance:4 February 2013
(b) Donor status: company, registration no 952468
(b) (Registered 30 January 2013; corrected 25 February 2013)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Norwegian Government
Address of donor: Norwegian Embassy, 25 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QD
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): costs of visit; £2,000
Destination of visit: Norway
Date of visit: 20-24 May 2012
Purpose of visit: as part of a delegation to study issues of climate change and defence.
(Registered 19 June 2012)
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £19,383 (314th) | £20,861 (352nd) | £22,108 (joint 188th with 3 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,317 (joint 189th with 1 other) | £19,718 (joint 250th with 2 others) | £14,580 (399th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,255 (joint 107th with 10 others) | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £18,263 (297th) | £19,114 (288th) | £12,920 (584th) | £16,502 | £16,131 (441st) | £16,693 (539th) | £18,230 (joint 203rd with 4 others) | £13,487 (397th) |
| Staffing costs | £79,827 (571st) | £89,319 (260th) | £86,147 (251st) | £67,703 | £59,313 (616th) | £68,023 (joint 228th with 71 others) | £60,614 (512th) | £46,225 (309th) |
| Communications Allowance | £7,137 (398th) | £9,580 (224th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,088 (242nd)1 | £8,918 (258th)2 | £8,560 (284th)3 | £7,165 | £9,727 (343rd) | £10,391 (314th) | £11,073 (283rd) | £7,610 (339th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £60 (joint 363rd with 1 other) | £0 | £407 (250th) | £803 | £1,041 (179th) | £987 (165th) | £1,517 (joint 94th with 1 other) | £94 (joint 406th with 1 other) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £1,457 (80th) | £2,391 (45th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,979 (joint 30th with 1 other) | £1,269 (135th) | £1,316 (193rd) | £786 | £3,074 (50th) | £1,546 (121st) | £1,303 (joint 214th with 2 others) | £897 (375th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £5,730 (11th) | £3,217 (joint 263rd with 1 other) | £1,358 | £10,245 (42nd) | £5,934 (82nd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,591 (10th) | £1,330 (35th) | £137 | £2,021 (joint 38th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 34th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 34th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 33rd with 8 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £142,194 (424th) | £158,773 (114th) | £136,005 (361st) | £116,088 | £124,072 (306th) | £127,167 (168th) | £114,476 (291st) | £84,914 (408th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £9,088 (56th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,548 (456th). Rail £7,370 (98th).